Goldie Haven

**Fizgig** · 11-14-2012, 04:05 AM

....continued from previous post on pg.2.

Hershey -- male Ryukin Goldfish who used to be all chocolate colored.

Changes:
• Removed all Echinodorus species as Pepper was mauling them.
• Rescaped tank & added more Anubias specimens from Tropical Haven
• Calico fantail, Kanji developed tumors and had to be euthanized
• Hershey is now all orange and has developed breeding stars so he's a mature adult Ryukin now. His color may still change in time. He's still young at 5 yrs. old.
• Only one White Cloud Mountain Minnow left -- the rest succumbed to old age. The one left is 3 yrs. old now.

Thanks for your interest!!

**Cyberra** · 11-14-2012, 04:48 AM

Blue fishie ^_^

**j250nyahweh** · 11-14-2012, 06:00 PM

Can't believe I'm only now discovering your thread! I printed the list you posted earlier of goldie appropriate plants and if I can get my goldie tank looking even a third as good as yours I will be extremely happy! I too pair goldies with white clouds (13 gold and 9 regular) and I love them! (also have kuhlies and a pleco) sorry to hear about your losses.
Thanks for the entertaining thread and gorgeous pics!

**~firefly~** · 11-14-2012, 06:11 PM

Originally Posted by Fizgig

Love this shot! Great tank. Very nice to see the commonly abused goldfish kept so well. Well done.

**Fizgig** · 11-14-2012, 11:01 PM

Originally Posted by j250nyahweh

Can't believe I'm only now discovering your thread! I printed the list you posted earlier of goldie appropriate plants and if I can get my goldie tank looking even a third as good as yours I will be extremely happy! I too pair goldies with white clouds (13 gold and 9 regular) and I love them! (also have kuhlies and a pleco) sorry to hear about your losses.
Thanks for the entertaining thread and gorgeous pics!

Thank you so much for your interest. Glad you're finding the info. & photos handy =) Appreciate your condolences, too! It's not fun losing fish who've been around for years.

Originally Posted by ~firefly~

Love this shot! Great tank. Very nice to see the commonly abused goldfish kept so well. Well done.

Appreciate that! Thank you =)

**Canadian Fish** · 11-22-2012, 05:16 PM

Originally Posted by Fizgig

Oct. 2012 update. Click on photos for bigger versions.

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7273/8...b7d358f8eb.jpg

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Pepper -- male Blue Shubunkin Goldfish; also qualifies as calico in blue, black, & white.

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continued in the next post on pg.3....

Beautiful! I have never seen such a well planted goldfish tank.

**Fizgig** · 11-22-2012, 11:23 PM

Thanks! Appreciate your comment & interest.

**Shidohari** · 11-22-2012, 11:41 PM

I have planted tanks. would flourish excel change the readings of the three chemicals in my tanks. I have all my plants planted in river gravel...and they're growing fine...

What do you think.

**Fizgig** · 11-23-2012, 03:49 AM

Originally Posted by Shidohari

I have planted tanks. would flourish excel change the readings of the three chemicals in my tanks. I have all my plants planted in river gravel...and they're growing fine...

What do you think.

Not sure what 3 chemicals you're referring to, but I've been using Excel for many, many years with great success. There are, however, plants that do not like Excel, so you need to check into that before using the product. Good luck!

**Fizgig** · 12-05-2012, 05:33 AM

Dec. 2012 Update. Wanted to get some shots in before major trimming and/or removal of some plants & re-'scaping.
Click on photos for higher res. versions.

Looking Up

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